A shock-proof device of an external hard disk driver box suitable for personal computer or notebook computer is disclosed. The shock-proof device has a high capacity memory which is replaceable as pleasure. The damage of hard disk within the shock-proof device of the present invention due to shock and vibration can be prevented and the hard disk will not be destroyed. A shock-proof device of an external hard disk driver box comprises an upper cover, a hard disk and a seat. The hard disk is placed in the seat and is connected to the connecting ports and power receptacle at the rear edge of the seat by a signal bank wire and a power wire for being used externally. The periphery of the hard disk is installed with fixing block and the upper and lower surfaces of the hard disk and fixing block are disposed with a plurality of soft protecting pads.
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1. A shock-proof device of an external hard disk driver box comprising an upper cover, a hard disk having two ends, two sides, an upper surface and a lower surface, and a seat, the hard disk being located between the seat and the upper cover, one of said two ends of said hard disk including a connecting port, said connecting port of said hard disk being connected to a connecting port of said seat by a soft, flexible circuit board, a periphery of the hard disk, being covered on said two sides and the other of said two ends by a fixing block, and at least three soft protecting pads projecting from each of the upper and lower surfaces of the hard disk towards and engaging with the upper cover and the seat, respectively, and at least three of said soft protecting pads project from the fixing block on each of the two sides and the other end of the hard disk to engage said seat.
2. The shock-proof device of an external hard disk driver box as claimed in claim 1, wherein a power receptacle at a rear edge of the seat is a coaxial receptacle.
3. The shock-proof device of an external hard disk driver box as claimed in claim 1, wherein a power receptacle at a rear edge of the seat is disposed with a power switch for controlling operating power.
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November 4, 1999
October 16, 2001
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